Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Peony Banquet
Dirty? As the name suggests, very dirty stuff. It can also be said that it is something unclean, such as a fool and a witch, and people in this era like to call it dirty.
Angel was puzzled, where did the dirty thing come from in broad daylight, and she didn't feel that she turned to the person inside and asked, "What's the matter?" β
A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Shen Qianqi's face, she glared at the other party fiercely, and smiled at Angel and the others far-fetchedly, "It's nothing, we often have things here." Look at me, you've been here for a long time, and I've been keeping you waiting at the door, come in! β
Shen Qianqi patted her head, drove Angel and the others inside, and carefully took out a paper bag from her purse, "Here you go, this is the seed I just got from Aunt Qiu, maybe you will be able to use it." β
Angel nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, this calla lily was probably only planted by herself, and the others still didn't expect it, and handed the basket in her hand to the other party, "Give, the mother rewarded it, it is a thank you flower." β
Shen Qianqi was very surprised, she had been working in the palace for a long time, but it was the first time that she had received a thank you gift because of a pot of flowers, and she asked with some excitement, "What is it?" β
"Open it and take a look!" Angel probably remembers that when she was young, most of the maids in her biological mother's yard couldn't eat anything good, and sometimes she could eat eggs.
"Oops! What a good thing! Qi Yu on the side suddenly glared at the boss, looked at each other wet, and obviously said that I live in the same room with you, and you have to share such a good thing with me.
Shen Qianqi was really helpless, took out a chicken leg and stuffed it directly into her mouth, and took out two spicy and appetizing goose legs and put them in front of Angel and Bing'er, "I can't eat so much alone, since it is a reward from the mother, those who see it have a share, you and I ......"
Shen Qianqi was suddenly stunned, she didn't know what to say, she suddenly found that she didn't know the girl's name, "You and this sister will eat with me!" β
The corners of Bing'er's mouth twitched, the things thrown out by her master, this person was actually embarrassed to let the master eat it back, and said with a snort, "My name is Bing'er, and I am the personal palace maid by Chen Guiyi's side!" β
"Yikes!" Qi Yu exclaimed, only then did she realize that she had made a mistake, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I am Qi Yu, the palace maid who takes care of the peony, and I have just been transferred recently." β
Angel nodded, she didn't care much about this, but said encouragingly, "You have to work hard!" β
Qi Yu nodded a little nervously, and then thought of something, and didn't feel a little regretful, "This job of mine was originally Sister Yao's, but unfortunately she was taken away by Rong Wanyi's mother, I heard that she is now the emperor's lady in Tsing Yi." I heard that every time a few ladies came, they would choose a palace maid to bring back, and then make a lady in Tsing Yi for the emperor, if they were lucky, they might be canonized. β
Angel looked at her with a greasy mouth, and she was still holding a big chicken leg in her hand, looking extremely depressed, "Do you envy them?" β
Qi Yu shook his head almost decisively, "No, I don't like this kind of life at all, I just hope that when I am old, I will let it go out and get married." When the emperor is in Tsing Yi, you have to serve the uncertain lord of the mother, if the lord is in a bad mood, you can't go back to Shengjing with the emperor, the three-legged toad in this world is not easy to find, and the two-legged person can have. I have food and drink, but I don't want to go back to Shengjing with the emperor at all, but Qianqi can try, so as to ensure that that person does not dare to harass you. β
"Qi Yu!" Shen Qianqi glared at the people around her with some displeasure, "I'm sorry, you two have been out for a long time, if you don't go, I'm afraid that Guiyi Niangniang will be punished!" I have some things to keep busy here, and I may not be able to keep you alone. β
The implication is that I understand with my knees, I still have something to do here, I'm going to drive people out, please leave quickly.
On the way back, Bing'er was puffed up, as if someone owed her tens of millions of dollars, and nothing was pleasing to the eye, even if it was a wicker on the side of the road, she had to go up and drag it before she was willing, which surprised Angel.
It's just that the person who is emotionally reluctant to slow down, of course, will not know what the person in front of her thinks, she is interested in the dirty thing that Qi Yu said, but if she knows what the dirty thing is, I am afraid that she will want to shoot herself to death.
Rong Wanyi soon began to meet them, saying that she wanted to discuss this year's palace activities, and the whole trip to the palace was only afraid that the busiest thing was this matter, in order to open such an event, Angel absolutely believed that almost all the officials in Luoyang were sad and white-haired.
When Angel arrived at Rong Wanyi's palace, she found that almost all of them had come, but there were still two vacant places on Rong Wanyi's side, one on the left and one on the right, and they were still in the place where she was headed.
Rong Wanyi was somewhat relieved when she saw Angel come in, but when she saw that there were still two vacant seats around her, she could only smile helplessly when she learned that she was destined to do so.
Angel also felt very embarrassed, embarrassed for the woman on the first seat, Rong Wanyi is the position of the second grade Wanyi, but Concubine Hui is the princess of Wu Bang, and after entering the palace, she was canonized as a concubine, and Concubine Jing is a concubine as soon as she enters the palace, of course, she will not put other people in her eyes, although she is now degraded, she is still from the position of a concubine, and probably only the queen and Concubine Hui will make her a little jealous.
And although she is also a positive second product, compared with Guiyi and Wanyi, it is really Cheng DΓΉ of two concepts, Guiyi is obviously more capable of standing up than her Wanyi, and the identities of the two are still half a catty to eight taels.
Rong Wanyi saw that the people below were almost here, so she said to everyone, "This time this concubine called everyone here, mainly for the peony banquet. β
Wan Chongyi blinked, and glanced at Rong Wanyi on the first seat with some surprise, "Concubine I heard that two years ago, the emperor brought a group of sisters to play here, playing a game of peony searching. There is a sister hidden in each of the roads, and later the emperor found Sister Ran, and it was after that time that Sister XiΓ had a little prince to come, I don't know what we are playing this year? β
Speaking of which Ran Fangyi is really lucky, the emperor's eldest princess, the only son of the emperor, was born and raised by her, everyone here is no worse than the other party in terms of family background and status, let alone a prince, there is no shadow of the two princesses, the one in Yuliangren's belly is Concubine Jing's, and the one in Liangchonghua's belly is his own.
If this so-called peony banquet is really such a good thing, no matter what they say, they will pull the emperor into their room, after all, no one wants to live a lifetime of green lanterns and ancient Buddhas.
If you have a child, even if it is a child who dies early, you can support the elderly in the palace when you are old, if your stomach has not moved all your life, then you will be assigned to the temple to become a monk when you are old, and those who have served people all their lives in Tsing Yi are better, and then change a place to serve in the courtyard of the old ladies The same is the same.
The key is that these famous women, even if they are a non-waiting change of clothes, they are going to be monks, if they are unlucky, they are designated to be buried, if they have children, unless you have any grudges with the emperor, the emperor has decreed that you should be buried, or you have violated the royal regulations, and the rules of the Yuguo Palace say that those who have children do not need to be buried.
Rong Wanyi's eyes were disappointed, obviously these words also pricked her nerves, obviously a woman can't be a mother, it is the pain of that woman's life" Sister said and laughed, Thunder Rain Luen, that is Sister Ran herself has such a good fortune, maybe this time Sister Wan also has such good luck! β
Yun Chongyi's face turned red when she was said, and she looked at the person in front of her with some complaints, "Sister, don't say it, if you have such good luck, it should be that my sister and Concubine Jing have such good luck." β
Wen Jieyu glanced at Angel with some regret, this woman obviously forgot Angel completely, or she didn't care about Angel at all.
An Lin'er's face on one side was not very good, she couldn't get used to the attitude of Yun Chongyi, and completely ignored the daughter of the An family, which made people a little suspicious that the An family was still in the state of nouveau riche.
To tell the truth, the An family is really only a nouveau riche, although the An family is from the British government, but the An family canonized the title in just half a year, and there are only two generations of years, the daughter of the county lord of Min Rou, Rong Wanyi is the daughter of the county lord of Sanpin Lingshu.
Although she is also the daughter of a concubine, she was born in the clan, and she has the title of the county lord, General Fuyuan is the youngest son, and he has just put pen to paper from Rong, and he is a fledgling general in the army, but the other party's family background is a family of five generations, but it is a pity that General Fuyuan at that time was a strange person.
General Fuyuan is a person from a scholarly family, and many students in the family are petty officials in the imperial court, although they are not so rich, but they have so many arrivals, but General Fuyuan doesn't like literature and ink, likes martial arts, and married Rong Wanyi's mother after joining the army.
The Fu family is using literature to control the government and the opposition, and the Jiang family has been fighting against the Taiwan station for so many years, Shu Shu is the identity of the princess, and now it seems that none of them are more beautiful than their daughters of the An family.
Yu Meiren blinked her eyes, and asked with an innocent and romantic taste, "Rong Niangniang, what are we playing this year, I am a little itchy when you say this, hurry up and tell us, okay?" β
The petite lips are slightly upturned, if it weren't for the status of the two of them, I'm afraid that this one would be pulling each other's arms and constantly coquettish.
Rong Wanyi put down the teacup in her hand and thought about the way of language slightly, "Actually, the officials in Luoyang this time can be regarded as ingenious, but this trick is too tiring, and it is called the evening light ghost." β
"Evening light ghost?" Wen Jieyu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Rong Wanyi puzzled, "What kind of play is this?" β
"This festival was held at night, a few years ago, a palace concubine accidentally fell to death while playing, the emperor felt unlucky, and the officials in Luoyang felt that it was not very good. This year, we plan not to separate, so let's play together, but a few of us have to make lanterns with unique patterns, and a few of us will surround the lanterns and let the emperor come up to choose, the so-called beauties under the lamp. β
When Angel heard this, she suddenly felt that her head was big, dizzy, and she was a beauty under the lamp, she dared to pat her chest and pack the ticket, the recent lantern shop was going to be on fire, even if the average family wanted to buy a candle, they might not be able to buy it, who let these women be too leisurely.
"Beauty under the lamp? This is fun, I want to participate, I want to make a lot of lanterns! Yumei folded her hands and held them in front of her chest, as if she had imagined such a scene in her head.
θε yi glanced at the other party disdainfully, "I just don't know what kind of lantern you beauty is going to make?" However, I said ugly things ahead, the lanterns of this country are different from Wu Bang. β
Yuguo is a cultural gathering point, lanterns are a thousand kinds of strange is not an exaggeration, but it will never be out of line, Wu Bang's culture and foreign culture are absolutely different, Wu Bang can sometimes be polygamous, sometimes can also be polygamous, whether it is a husband or a wife, they can be given to each other, in the eyes of Yun Chongyi, that is an uncivilized family.
Angel didn't think so, she felt that it didn't matter, the beauty and the place where she lived were similar to the Tibetans, belonging to polygamy, just a cultural difference.
"What's different?" Yumeiren blinked, although she looked innocent on the outside, but her heart seemed extremely uncalm.
She knew that she was looked down upon, after coming to Yuguo, although there were a lot of rules, she still tried her best to adapt, I have to say, although there are a lot of rules and regulations here, but the living conditions are much better than when she was in Wu Bang, no wonder Shu Shu was willing to leave Wu Bang and come to Yu Guo.
Wu Bang's customs are relatively open, and most of the women's dances are dexterous, such as snake dance and belly dance, which are the essence of Wu Bang, but it is precisely because of this that these things make Yu Guo completely exclude Wu Bang, so that Wu Banglai cannot develop normally, and even at this moment she is being excluded.
"Humph!" Yun Chongyi snorted coldly, obediently closed his mouth, and it was simply superfluous to talk to the person in front of him.
An Lin'er didn't want to look at the beautiful people on the side, and after Hai Hona entered the palace, there was another person who assigned the emperor's favor, of course she didn't have such a good heart.
Rong Wanyi saw that the few people present did not have a good face, and couldn't help but be a little glad that Concubine Hui and Concubine Jing on the side did not come, otherwise, she really didn't know how to suppress them" The venue for the event was chosen in the Imperial Garden, and it started at the end of the day, and I hope that all the sisters will be ready. β
After Concubine Jing received this news, she was very unimpressed, but the fire of battle in her heart was burning, she had just been demoted, and she was bound to get the emperor's favor this time, otherwise she would not be able to continue to walk with her head up.
"Lang Huan, go and find me the best lantern master in Luoyang, this palace doesn't believe it, those little hooves actually dare to rob the favor of this palace." Concubine Jing's facial features are particularly hideous.
Lang Huan didn't show any fear, she had followed her master for many years, and she knew that every time her master had this expression, it meant that someone in the ** was going to be unlucky, "No!" β
Concubine Jing thought slightly, "In addition, for a while now, I have been staring at Chen Guiyi's little slut, and it is best for her to find a craftsman who makes zuΓ² lanterns." The splendid veil used to make the lantern is also given to her as little as possible, if it is the day of the Peony Festival, she can't hand over the lantern, saying that the shame is fake, if it can cure a crime of bullying, I think the gang of goblins in the An family dare to make trouble. β
Concubine Jing completely hated the people of the An family, and when An Yeting refused to marry, she ruined her sister, not to mention, but also slapped the Fu family hard, and the Fu family also had to knock out teeth and swallow blood.
Although An Lin'er was comfortable for a while, and she was satisfied with Angel's situation, the biggest problem was that when Angel came to ask for Ann, she lost the emperor's child, although she knew that this might not have much to do with Angel, but she just couldn't let it go, and she wanted to tear up the people of the An family immediately.
Lang Huan hooked her lips and smiled, and suddenly remembered a very interesting thing, "Niangniang, slave maid, remember, other little masters can also participate in this activity!" β
Concubine Jing frowned, and put down the teacup in her hand suddenly, "You don't want to help those people intercede, let those sluts participate with the palace, and then compete for favor in front of the emperor." Sue you, this palace is willing not to participate in this peony banquet, and give all the opportunities to the two women of the An family, and this palace is not willing to watch those little prostitutes dangling in front of this palace. β
"This ......" Lang Huan shrunk her neck unconsciously, but she still tried her best to appease Concubine Jing, "Niangniang, don't worry, listen to the slave and maid." You let other little masters participate, which means that you are generous, hasn't the emperor always liked that kind of woman? In addition, you can assign a little master, and then order some lanterns like Chen Guiyi, and let the little masters participate, that scene will definitely be beautiful. β
"That's right! How I didn't think of it! Concubine Jing slapped the table fiercely, and the whole person jumped up suddenly, when she first entered the palace, a piece of Chongmeiren's clothes made her and the queen depressed for a long time.
This is a rare peony banquet, if Chen Guiyi and the purple beauty beside her are holding the same lantern, then it must be very fun when they go out, the purple beauty is a master who is used to pretending to be pitiful, and the emperor will hurt someone more when he arrives, which is expected to be expected.
"You go and tell the purple beauty and get her ready, but this palace is looking forward to her 'amazing appearance'."